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A town of 1,355 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Farnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 25% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Farnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Farnay with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Farnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciennes usines Marrel, in Châteauneuf, 3.4 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Farnay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 55 deaths in Farnay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 44% below. The nearest emergency department to Farnay is Hopital du Gier Mco, 3.8 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
The jobless rate is 4.6%. At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Farnay holds 100 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. Farnay recorded 26 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles ExbrayatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 87%−3 pts |
| Lycée Georges BrassensNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 293 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame des Collines PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 91%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, below Loire’s towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 18% of residents. The median resident of Farnay is 47.1 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Farnay | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Farnay. Best known first.
Nothing in Farnay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Farnay yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnay | 1,355 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Lorette | 4,983 | 1 | C+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| Saint-Paul-en-Jarez | 4,699 | 1.1 | A− | C− | B+ | B |
| La Grand-Croix | 4,947 | 1.3 | C+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Rive-de-Gier | 15,242 | 2.3 | C− | B | D | C |
| L'Horme | 4,806 | 2.4 | C | C+ | C− | B |
| Genilac | 3,839 | 2.5 | B | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Farnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. 94% of 293 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Georges Brassens in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Farnay is a commune of 1,355 people in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.